[Elecraft] [K3] Power supply rating

[Mel Farrer]

A friend had to pack his K3 for overseas shipment and went to a luggage maker and had them burn a semi ridged foam insert for his shipping container.  This puts equal pressure on all surfaces.  It arrived intact. Anything less is a gamble.

Mel

--- On Wed, 12/28/11, WILLIS COOKE <wrcooke at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: WILLIS COOKE <wrcooke at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Power supply rating
To: "nf4l at nf4l.com" <nf4l at nf4l.com>, "Elecraft List" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 11:11 AM

My K3 with two receivers draws about 2 amps on receive.  It drew a bit over 1 amp before I installed the second receiver. For transmit at 10 watts I would ad about 3 amps to that.  Two layers of bubble wrap would not be enough for MY K3.  I use a hard side fiber-glass brief case with enough padding to keep the K3 from sliding when I carry it in my truck cab.  For checked baggage on an airline think pad for throwing 10 feet unless you mark is fragile.  In that case, think 20 feet.  Make every effort to avoid possible impact which will push the knobs toward the face of the transceiver.  I would not like to test how much impact the tuning knobs on the encoders would stand.
 
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart


________________________________
 From: Mike <nf4l at nf4l.com>
To: Elecraft List <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:09 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Power supply rating
 
I need to take my K3 to class. I'll need just enough oomph to talk to the serial 
port. What would be the minimum rating for a PS? Any suggestions for a small packable 
one?

Would a couple of layers of bubble wrap be sufficient for packing the rig in checked 
buggage?

73, Mike NF4L

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